The Clark County Mother of the Year Records (1970-1988) provide information about the annual award ceremony in Clark County, Nevada and its recipients. Included are newspaper clippings, press releases, correspondence, and biographies of the award winners.
The Clark County Mother of the Year Records (1970-1988) provide information about the annual award ceremony in Clark County, Nevada and its recipients. Included in the records are newspaper clippings, press releases, correspondence, and biographies of the award winners.
Collection is open for research.
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Materials are arranged chronologically.
In 1970 Fedora Bontempi Simpkin formed the Clark County Mother of the Year Awards Committee to recognize Las Vegas, Nevada women. The Awards Committee sought nominations from the local community and selected the Clark County Mother of the Year. They also honored several other women as mother of the year in a variety of categories including humanitarian, show business, foster, political, professional, and community service.
Clark County Mother of the Year Records, 1970-1988. MS-00306. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Materials were donated in 1989 by Fedora Bontempi Simpkin; accession number 1989-053.
Materials were processed by Special Collections staff.
In 2016, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Angela Moor revised and enhanced the collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards.